Workers' Welfare Standards

In response to mounting criticism over the treatment of migrant workers in its preparations for the 2022 World Cup football tournament, Qatar established the Workers' Welfare Charter in 2013, published the Workers' Welfare Standards in 2014, and published an updated second edition of the Workers' Welfare Standards in 2016. The standards include measures to improve the working conditions and treatment of migrant workers such as ordering companies to set up bank accounts for workers and pay in their wages electronically, banning midday outdoor work in the summer, and setting up an electronic complaints system for migrant workers.